[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 130 (Monday, July 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 38443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15288]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Notice To Extend Public Scoping Comment Period for Programmatic 
Environmental Impact Statement To Evaluate Solar Energy Development and 
Announcement of Additional Public Scoping Meetings

AGENCIES: Department of Energy (DOE) and Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), Department of the Interior (DOI).

ACTION: Notice to Extend Public Scoping Comment Period and Announcement 
of Additional Public Scoping Meetings.

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SUMMARY: DOE and BLM (the Agencies) are extending the comment period 
for public scoping for the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 
to Evaluate Solar Energy Development and have added three meetings to 
the previously announced public scoping meeting schedule.

DATES: The public scoping comment period is extended to July 15, 2008. 
Written and oral comments will be given equal weight, and the Agencies 
will consider all comments received or postmarked by July 15, 2008, in 
defining the scope of this PEIS. Comments received or postmarked after 
that date will be considered to the extent practicable. Three public 
scoping meetings have been added in the locations and on the dates 
specified below:
    Tucson, Arizona: Tuesday, July 8, 2008.
    San Luis Obispo, California: Wednesday, July 9, 2008.
    El Centro, California: Thursday, July 10, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments by the following methods:
     Electronically, using the online comment form available on 
the project Web site: http://solareis.anl.gov. This is the preferred 
method of commenting.
     In writing, addressed to: Solar Energy PEIS Scoping, 
Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue--EVS/900, Argonne, IL 
60439.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including 
information on how to comment, you may contact Lisa Jorgensen, 
Department of Energy, Golden Field Office, [email protected], 
303-275-4906, or Linda Resseguie, BLM Washington Office, [email protected], 202-452-7774, or visit the Solar Energy Development 
PEIS Web site at http://solareis.anl.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Notice of Intent to Prepare a 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Evaluate Solar Energy 
Development was published in the Federal Register on May 29, 2008 (73 
FR 30908). Information concerning the extension of the public scoping 
comment period can be found on the project Web site at http://solareis.anl.gov. An additional public scoping meeting has been 
scheduled for 6 p.m. in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at 
Pima Community College. The Agencies will announce the time and 
location of the San Luis Obispo and El Centro meetings through the 
local media and the project Web site (http://solareis.anl.gov). The 
scoping meetings will include an introductory presentation on solar 
energy technologies and market prospects, and on the public 
participation process. Oral comments from the public will begin 
immediately after the presentation.

    Issued in Washington, DC.

Alexander A. Karsner,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department 
of Energy.

Ray Brady,
Manager, Energy Policy Act Team, Bureau of Land Management, Department 
of the Interior.
 [FR Doc. E8-15288 Filed 7-3-08; 8:45 am]
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